Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If all of those measures were in place, those who visited and who worked with them in prison would not supply me with the statistic that there is one counsellor for 550 prisoners in addiction in a single prison. The Minister's reply does not correlate with reality.

The third category are those who are in addiction but who are not at a place yet to start their recovery programmes. What is the status of harm reduction interventions and the needle exchange programme in prisons?

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